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Billy Bostickson 🏴👁&👁 🆓 Profile picture
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Feb 16, 2021 • 84 tweets • 70 min read • Read on X
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#DRASTIC in the News Compilation Thread (2021)
1. Earlier stories collated here:
2. More examples in same thread start here
3. Contributed stories here:
4. Washington Post (February 5th 2021)
We’re still missing the origin story of this pandemic.
China is sitting on the answers.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Archived: archive.vn/irmHQ ImageImageImage
5. Sky News - DRASTIC Petition on TV
World 'not impressed' by WHO's COVID-19 origins report
skynews.com.au/details/_62321…
Members @gdemaneuf and @MonaRahalkar speak out ImageImageImageImage
6. Taiwan News (1)
Wuhan lab infected 'humanized mice' with bat coronaviruses in 2019 | Taiwan News | 2021/01/11 taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4099020
#DRASTIC in the news again
Thank you @KeoniEverington, a Journalist with Integrity!
7. Taiwan News (2)
8. Taiwan News (3)
9. Taiwan News (4)
10. Taiwan News (5)
11. Taiwan News (6)
All Six Stories here:
taiwannews.com.tw/en/search?keyw… Image
12. Daily Telegraph (UK)
Did the Covid-19 virus really escape from a Wuhan lab?
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/0…
Archived:
archive.vn/bK8vO#selectio… Image
13. Daily Telegraph (Australia)
dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/m…
Has anyone got an Archive link for this story?
14. WORLD - DRASTIC ACTION ;)
China places 5 million more under lockdown to stamp out virus cluster
Author: AFP|Update: 12.01.2021 11:32
today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1… Image
15. WHO Let the Dogs out on the COVID-19 Origins
By Joshua Cawthorpe, December 17, 2020
thatsmags.com/china/post/320…
WHO knows, maybe? Image
16. WION NEWS
Are the global scientific elite trying to bury the truth about the origin of Covid-19?
Written By: Lawrence Sellin
Washington Published: Oct 05, 2020, 11.48 AM(IST)
wionews.com/opinions-blogs… ImageImageImage
17. Daily Mail (finally) after nicking our research during 2020
18. DRASTIC got a mention in the Daily Telegraph Article
But in the first installment we were "disappeared" in favour of others whose name shall not be mentioned
Could COVID-19 Have Escaped from a Lab?
by ROWAN JACOBSEN· 9/9/2020, 9:29 a.m
bostonmagazine.com/news/2020/09/0… ImageImageImageImage
19. Nice to be acknowledge even if we don't get paid ;)
The genetic structure of SARS‐CoV‐2 does not rule out a laboratory origin
SARS‐COV‐2 chimeric structure and furin cleavage site might be the result of genetic manipulation
Rossana Segreto Yuri Deigin
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… ImageImage
20. If you see anymore recent ones let me know
Make sure to check the earlier links in Tweets 1, 2, 3 first as they may be included there.
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20, Woops, forgot my favourite~!
21. Updated article by @netpoette
21. The Sun
22. Trotskyite "4th International" stabs #DRASTIC in the back, calling us Anarchist Troublemakers & Imperialist Stooges!
wsws.org/en/articles/20…
Nothing wrong with a bit of healthy anarchist skepticism, Comrade!
@angoffinet mentioned and @ColinDavdButler
wsws.org/en/articles/20…
23. #IndiaNarrative #DRASTIC
24. Taiwan News - WIBP
25. More Taiwan News - Round 7
26. Sky News Two - French Letter
27. Wall Street Journal - Open Letter
28. Roland Wiesendanger's Paper with our 50 questions
29. Open Letter - Proceso - Mexico
proceso.com.mx/internacional/…
30. Open Letter - New York Times
nytimes.com/2021/03/04/hea…
31. Open Letter - South China Morning Post
scmp.com/news/china/pol…
32. DataBase Italia -
databaseitalia.it/ispettore-oms-… Image
33. Humorous mention in the Taiwan News
Museum visits early priority for WHO team in Wuhan
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4116626 Image
34. Comedonchisciotte - Italy
Ispettore OMS cita in un video esperimenti di manipolazione sui coronavirus a Wuhan settimane prima della “pandemia”
comedonchisciotte.org/ispettore-oms-… Image
35. Secret China
世衛調查員被拍大流行前透露在武漢改造病毒研製疫苗
A WHO investigator was photographed before the pandemic revealed that the virus was modified to develop a vaccine in Wuhan
secretchina.com/news/b5/2021/0… ImageImage
36. RIAU24 - Riau News Portal - Indonesia
"there was a leak in the Wuhan laboratory, here's what happened"
Selalu Dibantah Pemerintah China, Ilmuwan Wuhan Ternyata Sempat Menulis Artikel Ada Kebocoran di Laboratorium Wuhan, Begini Kejadiannya
riau24.com/berita/baca/16… ImageImageImageImage
37. Open Letter - Libertad Digital!
El coraje de 26 científicos
libertaddigital.com/cultura/2021-0…
38. Taiwan News Compilation - Google Search Screenshots ImageImageImageImage
39. More Google Screenshots ImageImageImageImage
40. Vision Times
Wuhan Lab Scientists Admit to Being Bitten by Bats
visiontimes.com/2021/02/01/wiv…
Vision Times reaches a large audience worldwide
Not only is Vision Times published in English, we also have Chinese, Spanish, German, and Vietnamese websites. ImageImage
41. Situation Brief
Coronavirus Mention Before Pandemic
situationbrief.com/coronavirus-me… Image
42. RCTI PLus - Indonesia
Video Shows Scientists at the Wuhan Lab Bitten by Bats Carrying the SARS Virus, Is This the Cause of the Corona Outbreak?
rctiplus.com/news/detail/gl… ImageImageImage
43. Indian Narrative @RdeMaistre
Chinese vaccine maker Sinopharm under scanner for running biological warfare facility
indianarrative.com/health-news/ch… Image
44. RMOl.ID (Indonesia) @Daoyu15
Denies the claims of Chinese female bats, Australian geneticists: The initial source of the corona virus is not mink
dunia.rmol.id/read/2021/01/2… ImageImageImageImage
45. Poland (pch24.pl Portal)
WHO's mission in China has come to an end. However, this did little to help determine the causes of the pandemic. One thing is known - China is reluctant to reveal the full truth about the origins of Covid-19.
pch24.pl/po-pobycie-kom… ImageImageImage
46. T-Online (Germany) - A skeptical view!
Controversial study
The Physics Professor, Wuhan and the Bioweapons
t-online.de/nachrichten/de… ImageImageImageImage
47. We made it to Rio, Lads!
Vídeo Mostra Cientistas Do Laboratório De Wuhan Admitindo Ter Sido Mordidos Por Morcegos
contrafatos.com.br/video-mostra-c… ImageImageImage
48. and even into Bongo News!
China Deletes Key SARS-CoV-2 Associated Science
bongo-news24.com/china-deletes-… ImageImage
49. Open French Letter - Le Monde
Covid-19 : des scientifiques appellent à une enquête indépendante sur les origines de la pandémie en Chine
lemonde.fr/planete/articl…
and
lemonde.fr/idees/article/… ImageImageImageImage
50. Vietnamese Overseas Press
Virus Covid-19 Vũ Hán!
viettudomunich.org/2021/01/20/vir… ImageImageImageImage
51. DEMOCRAZY News (Indonesia)
Video Shows Scientists at the Wuhan Lab Bitten by Bats Carrying the SARS Virus, Is This the Cause of the Corona Outbreak?
democrazy.id/2021/01/Video-… ImageImageImageImage
52. Vietnam (NTDV)
Wuhan Laboratory scientists admit being bitten by a bat
ntdvn.com/khoa-hoc/cac-n… ImageImage
53. A few minor and repeat mentions:
1. de24.news/en/2021/02/pro…
2. prepareforchange.net/2021/02/05/chi…
3. silview.media/2021/03/03/tri…
4. beta.publishwall.si/narava.zdravi/…
5.
bannedbook.org/bnews/headline…
6. sott.net/article/447407…
7. mirastnews.net/2021/03/07/un-…
8. secretchina.com/news/b5/2021/0…
9. corvelva.it/de/approfondim… Image
54. #DRASTIC hits French TV!
@MonaRahalkar in her lab (02.00-)
The Miner's Thesis found by @TheSeeker268
(15:40-) Prof Petrovsky @vaxine_news setting the record straight (28:00-)
Covid-19: investigation into the mystery of the origins of a global pandemic
francetvinfo.fr/sante/maladie/… ImageImageImageImage
55. Brief Mention of the Paris Semi-Drastic Open Letter
on @NBCNews during the recent sick Wuhan lab Researchers bombshell (dismissed as a nothing burger by Marion Koopmans)
Wuhan lab workers did fall sick in autumn of 2019 nbcnews.com/nightly-news/v… via @RdeMaistre ImageImageImage
56. Archived so far here:
archive.ph/cVwgf
Just in Case
57. #DRASTIC Detectives make it down the Danube! facebook.com/Subiectiv.Razv…
A well put together video report by one of Romania's Top TV Channels, Antena 3
with some English interviews, all about the Wuhan lab Leak.
Watch from 40:00 - 57:00
58. Screenshots from the Romanian TV Report

and

and

and

and

and
ImageImageImageImage
59. Indian Online News
Study - China hides dark data in Wuhan lab, it will be revealed when exposed aajtak.in/trending/photo…
Thanks to our intrepid data analyst "Jilli Demaneuf" @gdemaneuf ImageImageImageImage
60. El Imparcial (Jorge Casesmeiro Roger)
#DRASTIC: otro equipo a la caza del origen del Covid
(Another team searching for the origins of Covid)
elimparcial.es/noticia/222968…
Interesting review of our work, well worth a read! ImageImageImageImage
60. More screenshots from El Imparcial
@Harvard2H will be pleased to see this!
"In short, I can only take my hat off to these people. Evening falls, the networks are burning and the screens are fuming. There is much to do: Tonight does not sleep." ImageImageImageImage
61. La Stampa.
Andiamo, DRASTIC! Andiamo, Gina Costa!
video.lastampa.it/dossier/corona…
62. DRASTIC manages to get a foot in the Spectator ;) thanks to @gdemaneuf
Should have been more but beggars can't be choosers..
spectator.co.uk/article/who-kn… ImageImageImageImage
63. 20 Minutes y Merci Beaucoup @manonaublanc 🍀❣️👏
Qu'est-ce que DRASTIC, le collectif indépendant qui enquête sur l’origine de l’épidémie ?
20minutes.fr/monde/3009523-…
DRASTIC, a group of multidisciplinary experts who conduct their own research on the origins of the epidemic ImageImageImageImage
64. The Great Australian Weekend!
Thanks @mattwridley and @Ayjchan
Bats, pangolins, wet market, lab?
The mystery deepens....
@TheSeeker268 gets an honorary mention for once!
Archived in case the CCP tries to get it scrubbed in return for wine imports ;)
archive.is/C95s2 ImageImageImage
65. L'Express! Time to practice your French Again!
Zoot Alors!~ et Merci Yohan Blavignat! @yohanblavignat Chef des infos à @LEXPRESS
Connaîtra-t-on un jour les origines du Covid-19 ?
lexpress.fr/actualite/scie… ImageImageImageImage
66. Maharashtra Times via @MonaRahalkar
maharashtratimes.com/gadget-news/sc…
China can get the world in trouble once again....This virus can be very dangerous....Many Dangerous Viruses in China ImageImageImageImage
67. The Washington Post
WHAT IS China trying to hide about the origins of the pandemic — and why?
Thanks David Hoffman @thedeadhandbook
We’re still missing the origin story of this pandemic.
China is sitting on the answers.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Archived
archive.ph/XxygW ImageImageImageImage
68. Unherd: The Covid dissidents taking on China

Beijing's science stooges are being unmasked by an international team of online sleuths

unherd.com/2021/04/the-co…

Great last papragraph
Thanks @ianbirrell ImageImage
69. CNET Thanks @dctrjack
How the coronavirus origin story is being rewritten by a guerrilla Twitter group
The group, known as Drastic, has investigated, corrected, uncovered and agitated in a quest to uncover the pandemic's starting point.
cnet.com/features/how-t… ImageImageImageImage
70. Or was it a laboratory accident after all? (NZZ)
The riddle surrounding the outbreak of the corona pandemic
nzz.ch/gesellschaft/k…
But a group of scientists from all over the world, who are exchanging ideas on Twitter under the hashtag #DRASTIC, encountered inconsistencies.. ImageImageImageImage
71. L'Obs - France (paywall)
Coronavirus : des chercheurs sur la piste d’un accident de laboratoire
nouvelobs.com/coronavirus-de… Image
72. Important Note:
Not everyone in #DRASTIC gets mentioned but we hope to ensure that moving forward due credit is given to people like @Harvard2H @franciscodeasis @Daoyu15 and others whose work has been essential to our development as a group.
73. Et si tout s'etait parti d'un Labo?

lci.fr/replay-lci/vid…

4 mai 2021 présentée par @DavidPujadas, Merci!
Journaliste sur LCI / Canal 26, producteur Particules Productions et animateur de @24hPujadas
#24hPujadas

#Drastic Research highlighted! ImageImageImageImage
74. BACK STORY with DANA LEWIS (podcast) interviews Nicholas Wade/ Science Writer & Gilles Demaneuf/ DRASTIC
The Wuhan Lab - Mounting Questions of Covid19 Virus Escape
buzzsprout.com/1016881/8471236
#drastic research gets a plug thanks to
@gdemaneuf ImageImageImage
75. First of several books to be published this year which mention the struggle of #drastic
Sars-CoV-2, aux origines du mal (now available)
By @BricePerrier
belin-editeur.com/sars-cov-2-aux…
208 Pages 17,00 €
Screenshots of mentions in this thread:
ImageImageImageImage
76. FranceInfo on new theses discovered by Seeker
Covid-19 : comment l'hypothèse de l'accident de laboratoire, à l'origine du coronavirus, s'est étoffée en un an
Publié le 14/05/2021
@TheSeeker268 and @MonaRahalkar ImageImageImageImage
77. Le Monde - Science Letter, New Theses & RaTG13
the hypothesis of an accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology relaunched after the disclosure of unpublished work
Merci @sfoucart
Mentions @TheSeeker268
"an anonymous scientist"
@Rossana38510044
"an Italian microbiologist" ImageImageImage
78. L'Express
"the hypothesis of a laboratory accident revived by new discoveries"
by @TheSeeker268
Not all leads on the origin of the Covid are explored in the same way, deplore scientists, supported by recent revelations about the Wuhan P4 laboratory.
lexpress.fr/actualite/soci… ImageImageImageImage
79. #DRASTIC up the Danube YET AGAIN! (2)
47 minutes on Romanian TV thanks to the dedicated work of Razvan Dumitrescu
@ydeigin @franciscodeasis @BillyBostickson
infecting people with knowledge
More screenshots and details here:
80. The End of the Omertà, Indomitable #DRASTIC
elimparcial.es/noticia/225780…
".who have descended to the battlefield after having been swept away by the faithful infantry, which will remain on guard when the music is turned off. The indomitable of #DRASTIC & those of the Paris Group" ImageImageImage
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DRASTIC and the investigative network that broke the Corona laboratory taboo

Must Read Interview!

The hard working "Two Ronnies" of DRASTIC

@gdemaneuf & @BillyBostickson

Interviewed by @franzbecchi for @berlinerzeitung

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1. Who are the “pandemic detectives”?

We speak with 2 of DRASTIC's prominent members:

@gdemaneuf (a data scientist & engineer)

and @BillyBostickson, longtime activist who was formerly part of opposition networks in China & HK & who operates anonymously for security reasons.
@gdemaneuf 2. My Responses

How did DRASTIC come about?

I started in January 2020, triggered by an article by Dan Sirotkin on the origins of the virus.

I connected with people like @R_H_Ebright & others on Twitter.

In May 2020, I chose the name "DRASTIC" for this decentralized group.
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May 8
22. Biased Sampling distorts Geography!

They use a dataset skewed toward Yunnan & Laos (p. 16), leading to phylogeographic models that place SARS-CoV ancestors far from Wuhan & Guangdong (p. 12).

This sampling bias undermines the reliability of their geographic inferences.
23. Neglecting Alternative Hypotheses

No SARS-CoV-like viruses near emergence sites?

They completely overlook non-bat reservoirs, like civets or pangolins, which could explain local circulation (p. 15).

This omission weakens their claim of distant ancestor origins (p. 12).
24. Inconsistent Molecular Clock Rates

The paper misuses variable NRR-specific clock rates, which give inconsistent SARS-CoV ancestor dates (e.g., 1944–2014 for SARS-CoV-2, p. 9).

Without any validation of bat-specific rates, this approach has no rational grounding (p. 14).
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May 8
5. Why did they resort to using the POW model?

To show that :

"our inferences of the time of the ancestors of human SARS-CoVs and their closest bat sarbecoviruses are UNBIASED"
6. Captain Obvious Strikes Again (1)

"we show that the ancestors of SARS-CoV-1 & SARS-CoV-2 likely circulated in horseshoe bat populations 100s to 1000s km away from the sites of the emergence of these viruses in humans & as recently as one to six years prior to this emergence"
7. Captain Obvious Strikes Again (2)

"Our findings indicate that there would not have been sufficient time for the direct bat virus ancestor to reach the locations of emergence of the human SARS-CoVs via normal dispersal through bat populations alone"
Read 12 tweets
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May 8
1. Last sick joke of the Zoonati?

Fragments of human SARS-CoVs share recent common ancestors with bat viruses

SARS-CoV-like viruses have circulated in Asia for millennia

Ancestors of human SARS-CoVs likely circulated in China & Laos

Ancestors traveled unexpectedly fast
2. No Pangolins allowed!

There is insufficient temporal signal when calibrating a molecular clock using tip dating with sarbecoviruses sampled from bats & pangolins, likely as a consequence of limited sampling across space & time.

Therefore, we used SARS-CoV-1 genomes!
3. Definitely no pangolins!

As sampling locations of SARS-CoV-1, 2 & pangolin sarbecoviruses likely do not represent where their direct bat virus ancestors circulated, we EXCLUDED their locations from phylogeographic analyses to avoid the IMPACT of dispersal of non-bat hosts!
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May 4
1⃣ Virological 🦠 Whistleblower 😮‍💨?

"I worked with researchers in this space - virology + combatting future pandemics - in the decade before the pandemic".
2⃣ One Fact

"The one fact that the last 5 years never readily disclosed is that the core ideology of this community of researchers was fundamentally divided"
3⃣ Lab based creation of super-viruses

"About half of the researchers, including many leading virologists whose names appeared in the news, believed and argued passionately for the lab-based creation of super-viruses and super-bacteria"
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Apr 23
1. The Second Lab Leak

Turning and turning in the petri dish,
The scientists cannot hear the warnings;
Genes recombine; the barriers cannot hold,
Evil virology is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
2. The Second Lab Leak

The best lack critical thinking, while the professors
Are full of furious bias.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the cover up is now banned?
Lab Leak! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Human Folly
Troubles my sight:
3. Somewhere in Wuhan

somewhere in the cell lines of a Chinese laboratory
A shape with pangolin body and the head of a bat,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its long tongue, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant molested bats.
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